Medical implement.



M. J. ROGERS.

MEDICAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED 0OT.13, 1909.

949,382, Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

MARY J. ROGERS, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MEDICAL IMPLEMENT.

Application filed October 13,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15. 1910.

1909. Serial No. 522,396.

I 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY J. Iloonns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful linprovements in Medical Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to medical implements or accessories and the objectof my invention is to provide an improved reservoir or tank such as isused by women in their employment of a douche; the reservoir underconsideration being used to hold the cleansing liquid, the latterpassing therefrom to the douche employed. A further object is theprovision of a reservoir of the character mentioned in which will beembodied means for conveniently supporting the same in an elevatedposition such as is necessary in order to obtain the requisite pressureupon the liquid issuing from the douche.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in a reservoircharacterized as above mentioned and in certain details of constructionand arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in its preferred form, Fig.2 is a partial side elevatlon and vertical section thereof, and Fig. 8is a top plan view.

Referring now to the d'awings 1 indicates the body of the reservoirwhich, as shown, is preferably rectangular in form, the same beingconstructed preferably of a suitable sheet metal. The top of the body isopen and is provided with a removable cover 2, the latter being formedwith a depending flange 3 which fits snugly in said end of the former toform an effective connection therewith. A handle 4 provided upon theupper side of the cover serves an obvious purpose. The upper edge of thebody is outwardly curled to form a bead 5. Encircling said body, thesame engaging the head 5 whereby the body is held supported therein, isa supporting loop or band 6. Said loop is of such dimensions as tosnugly encircle the body 1 loosely enough to permit of the removal ofthe latter therefrom if clesired. Formed in the rearward portion of theloop 6 is an enlargement 7 whereby the device may evidently be supportedupon a vertically extending projection as a bed post or the like.Centrally secured to the rearward side of the body 1 at the upper edgethereof is an upwardly projecting perforated ear 8 by means of which thedevice may be suspended from a horizontally extending nail, hook, pin,or the like.

Centrally positioned in the bottom of the body 1 is a depending drainnipple t). Ilaving its upper end secured to said nipple is a dependingflexible tube 10 the lower end of which, when the device is in use,being connected to the inlet pipe of the douche employed. Interposcd insaid tube 10 is a suitable sto cock 11 by means of which the flow ofliquid through the former may evidently be readily -overned.

lVhile I have siown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device Ido not wish to be limited thereto as there might be numerous changesmade in the details of construction and the arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the in vention as brought out in theappended claims. And although I have designed my device with specialreference to its emplo ment in conjunction with a douche I may use thesame in any other connection to which it is applicable.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A reservoir of the class described comprising a metallic body open atits upper end, a removable cover snugly fitting the top of said body, abead formed at the upper edge of said body, a detachable loop looselyencircling said body adapted to engage said bead, an enlargen'icntformed in said loop, a perforated ear upwardly projecting from therearward side of said body, a drain nipple depending from the bottom ofsaid body, a flexible tube connected to said nipple, and a stop cockinterposed in said tube, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a rectangular metallicbody open at its upper end, a removable cover snugly fitting the top ofsaid body, a handle provided upon said cover, a projecting bead formedat the upper edge of said body, a metallic supporting band encirclingsaid body, said band engaging said head, a loop formed in the rearwardside of said band, a perforated ear In testimony whereof I have signedmy upwardly projecting from said body at the name to this specificationin the presence of rearward side thereof, a drain nipple detWosubscribing Witnesses.

pending from the bottom of said body, a MARY J. ROGERS. flexible pipeconnected to said nipple, and a Witnesses:

stop cock interposed in said pipe, substan- HELEN F. LILLIs,

tially as described. JosHUA R. H. Po'r'rs.

